Does the Long-Contested Question of Orthodox Ecumenism Remain Open after Crete?
The article explores whether the Orthodox Council of Crete (2016) resolved longstanding tensions within Orthodoxy over ecumenism. The article first attempts to pinpoint the substance of the disagreement. The anti-ecumenist position, the article claims, rests on a dogmatic belief that a communion for...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2021]
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International journal of systematic theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 11-24 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KCC Councils KDF Orthodox Church KDJ Ecumenism |
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| Summary: | The article explores whether the Orthodox Council of Crete (2016) resolved longstanding tensions within Orthodoxy over ecumenism. The article first attempts to pinpoint the substance of the disagreement. The anti-ecumenist position, the article claims, rests on a dogmatic belief that a communion formally separated from the Orthodox Church can only continue to lose grace and the ecclesial gifts of the Spirit, while ecumenists hold that another communion might recover or increase in such gifts even prior to formal reunification with Orthodoxy. The article then explores the much-disputed use of the word ‘church’ for other Christian communions in the document ‘Relations of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World’. If it is true, as many on both sides of the controversy have suggested, that the Council formally affirmed the pro-ecumenist position, does this make anti-ecumenism a no longer viable Orthodox stance? This depends on the Council’s status, a further contested matter on which the article concludes with some tentative reflections. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2400 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of systematic theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/ijst.12456 |